Deposit and collection receptacle.



H. J; RIGKBRT.

DEPOSIT AND COLLECTION REGEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILBDHOV.7,1913.

Patented Dec. 15. 1914.

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HARRY J.

RICKERT,

OF 'CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

DEPOSIT AND COLLECTION RECEPTAOLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15,1914.

Application filed November 7, 1913. Serial No. 799,737;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY J RIOKERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Deposit and Collection Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to deposit and collection receptacles designed more particularly for holding milk bottles, groceries, etc., a receptacle being provided which is mounted in a hole extendingthrough the wall of a building, said receptacle having a door at each end through which access is had to the interior of the receptacle, one of said doors opening to the outside and the other door to the inside of the building.

The invention has for its object to provide the receptacle with a novel and improved means for preventing access thereto from the outside after the milk bottles or other goods have been placed therein by the dealer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a receptacle of the kind stated which is perfectly sanitary, dust and dirt being effectually excluded therefrom.

These objects are attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing 10 denotes the wall of a building in which is made a hole 11 to receive a casing 12. The hole extends entirely through the wall, and

at the ends of the casing are outstanding flanges 13 which fit against the faces of the wall, whereby the casing is held in place and prevented from shiftinglongitudinally in the hole. The casing opens through both sides of the wall, and it is therefore accessible from the inside as well as from the outside of the building.

That end of the casing 12 which opens into the inside of the building has a hinged door or other suitable closure 14. The other end of the casing, or that end which opens to the outside of the building, also has a hinged door or other suitable closure 15 provided with a latch 16, which may be an ordinary sliding bolt entering a keeper 17 on the adjacent flange 18. The door 14 may also be provided with a latch.

In the casing 12 is slidably mounted a receptacle 18, the same sliding on the bottom of the casing. The, top of the receptacle is open and comes close to the top of the casing, which latter therefore serves as a closure to exclude, dirt, etc. The ends of the receptacle are provided with handles 19.

On the inner end of the receptacle 18, or

that end which is next to the door 1 1, is a housing 20 in which is mounted a vertically slidable or gravity latch bolt 21 having a stem which projects from the front of the housing through a vertical slot 23 therein. The latch bolt 21 is adapted to be dropped down to depend from the bottom of the receptacle into a central, longitudinal groove 21 in the bottom of the casing 12 on the inside thereof, said groove being I stepped to form longitudinally spaced shoulders 25Vand 26, respectively, located near opposite ends of the casing and engageable by the latch bolt.

In operation, the door 14: is opened and the receptacle 18 is withdrawn to receive empty milk bottles. The receptacle is then pushed back into the casing until the latch bolt 21 rests on the first stepped portion of the groove 21, slightly beyond the shoulder 25. The receptacle cannot be pulled entirely out of the casing from the outer end thereof by reason of the shoulder 26, the latch bolt, by engaging said shoulder, limiting the outward movement of the receptacle.

The dealer delivering, the milk or other.

goods, opens the door 15, pulls out the receptacle as far as it will go and places the goods therein, after removing the empty bottles. The receptacle is now pushed'back as far as it will go, or until the latch bolt drops behind the shoulder 25, whereupon the receptacle is prevented from being pulled out again from the outside, and the goods in the prisinga support having by the receptacle and adapted to abut against either of the aforesaid shoulders 2. A deposit and collection receptacle coin ried by the receptacle, the opening in which thereceptacle is mounted having a stop ena 'ealole b the latch to, hnnt the extentof the Withdrawal of the receptaclefroni one end of the opening, and said opening having another stop engageable by the latch when the receptacle is housed in'the opening to lock the same against Withdrawal from the aforesaid end of the opening.

4L. vA deposit and collection receptacle com- Gopies hi this patent may be obtaiiied for prising a support having an opening through opposite sides thereof, a shdahle receptacle 5 in the opening, and a latch carried by the receptacle, the opening in which the receptacle 11s mounted having, .a stop engageable by'the latch to limit the extent of the Witlfv' drawalioi thereceptac'le from one end of the opening, and said opening having another stop engageable by the latch when the receptacle is housedgin the opening to lock the same against with'drawal froin the aforesaid s end of the opening, said latch being accessible from the other end of the opening only."

o. deposit and collection receptacle comprising a support having an opening through opposite sides thereof, said support having longitudinallv spaced shoulders, a receptacle 'slidable in the opening, and a latch carried by the receptacle and adapted to abut against either of the aforesaid shoulders. v w 6. A deposit and collection receptacle co1nprising a support having said opening having a longitudinal groove containing longitudinallyspaced shoulders, a slidable receptacle in the opening, and a latch carried by the receptacle and adapted to extend into the groove to; engage either of the shoulders;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence cftwo Witnesses.

nanny RICKERT.

lVi'tnesses S. J. LEHRER, H. Gr. BATOHELORU five eents'each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents,

Washington, D. (3.

an opening thrnugh'opposite sides thereof, the Wall of 

